Lab Pumps & Process Automation Lab

Name: Pumps & Process Automation Lab
Brand: Turbine Technologies
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

FLUIDMechatronix™ is a state-of-the-art process automation and pumps teaching system. It's constructed with clear-view flow path components that dramatically increase visual learning and comprehension. Students actually get to see how their inputs cause dynamic changes in a fluid system.

Utilizing a Rockwell Automation PAC, along with a large format touch-screen HMI, students are presented with curriculum-driven skill building activities that include process control and programming of tank levels, flow rates, pressures/suction, temperature and mixing. Many characteristics of fluid flow can be viewed and demonstrated, including: cavitation effects on pumps & motors, Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH) calculations, head loss calculations, valve throttling, etc.

About Centrifugal Pumping

Read, Understand & Develop Pump Curves
Calculate Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH)
See Fluid Cavitation
Experiment with Impeller Profiles & Effects on System Performance

About Plant Automation

Program Various Mixing, Filling & Flow Scenarios
Tune multiple P.I.D. loops
Develop & Troubleshoot Ladder Logic & Structured Text Code
Network Components & Plant Operation
Understand Plant Safety- Lock-out Tag-out

Rockwell's Automation Studio 5000™ and FactoryTalk ViewME®v8.0

Rockwell's Automation Studio 5000™ and FactoryTalk ViewME®v8.0 graphically present the "factory floor", offering students direct programming and operating experience with the most current industrial automation hardware and software.

Utilizing water as the working fluid, along with interchangeable pump impellers and a clear-view pumping circuit, students are provided skills-based training in:

Centrifugal pumps: Including data mapping & development of characteristic performance curves, along with viewing often discussed, but never seen flow cavitation

Control loops that include:

Tank levels
Temperature
Mixing
Pressure
Suction
Flow

Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) Programming: Featuring on-board Rockwell Automation Studio 5000™ ladder logic with PIDE Autotune

Human Machine Interface (HMI) Programming: Large format touch screen with preinstalled Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ViewME® v8.0

Variable Frequency Drives (VFD): Operation & control

Ethernet communications: Set-up & networking over local area networks (LAN) & internet (subnets, IP address Classification, etc.)

Another unique feature includes a strobe lighting unit that highlights boundary layer activity in the centrifugal pump impeller, actually stopping cavitation bubbles and related flow phenomenon "in their tracks", so you can see them!

A side mounted "Grace Port" also allows for HDMI interface and overhead projection of the HMI display- for large group participation. And, on-board Ethernet offers opportunities in remote learning and data sharing.

Watch the Video Tour

Pumps & Process Automation Lab Video

FLUIDMechatronix™

FLUIDMechatronix™ allows students to study centrifugal pump performance curves, head/discharge curves, flow rate/torque correlations, witness impeller boundary layer conditions, and view cavitation. The ability to test student-designed impeller performance is a major feature of this system. Have your students design their own custom impellers, predict performance and actually verify results.

System is configured to safety category 3, using dual channel monitoring & safe torque off
Arrives turnkey, fully assembled, ready-to-operate with nothing more to buy
On wheeled, lockable castors enabling equipment sharing between multiple locations
29” wide- fits through any standard door
Full two-year warranty & free product support

FLUIDMechatronix™ is the elegant result of collaboration between automation industry professionals and our educational advisory group. The system offers students state of the art devices and software that work in harmony to provide a world-class education in process automation and pumping. These skills are readily transferable to current and future industrial needs.

Curriculum Sample

Click link to download a PDF curriculum sample.

FLUIDMechatronix™ Curriculum Sample

Specifications

Purchase Specifications

Clear-view Centrifugal Pump and Flow Circuit
Calibrated transducers to measure pump inlet and exit pressure, system flow rate, process temperature, fluid tank levels and tank temperature
Industrial Human Machine Interface (HMI), Large Format Touch Screen with 15.6 inch diagonal screen, 1920 X 1080 resolution
Industrial Programmable Automation Controller(PAC) with software
Industrial Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)
Industrial Ethernet Communication System
Industrial DC Voltage Controls Power System
Clear-view Primary Fluid Tank with Ultrasonic Level Sensor
Secondary Fluid Process/Transfer Tank with High/Low Float Level Switches and Tank Heater
Control Loops to include Pressure, Suction, Flow, Temperature, Primary and Secondary Tank Levels and Mixing
On lockable, wheeled castors and fits through a standard 36" door
Grace port for connectivity and HMI screen projection for large group participation
Free Pumping and Automation Curriculum
Free APP for download onto personal devices to enable remote monitoring and system control

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